Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical (1906)
Aria, Mrs. (Eliza Davis), 1866-1931 · London, New York, Macmillan and co.; · leaf 76
COSTUME 42 CHAP. hennin, and even to spatter them with mud or pelt them with stones. Such enthusiasm, however, like the photographs of Hiawatha, “failed com¬ pletely ” ; and after the departure of the prophet, hennins grew and ever grew, and they were decked with jewels and hung with chains, and… … HEAD-DRESS OF JEWELLED VELVET AND LAWN. Attention was given, not only to the horned head¬ dress, which developed into two high points curled inward with pendent veils from the tops, but also to the turban, made alter the fashion ol those worn in the East. It had thick rolls of silk or velvet round…
Costume -- History
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